3rd Sunday of Lent

Living in Exile: “Securing the Church”

Churches like Northview can feel very fragile; there’s budgets, volunteers, time constraints, and personality conflicts to navigate. Not to mention the sidelining done by the cu...

Word Made Flesh: “Blind May See”

Spiritual arrogance is a problem. We can become so morally upright that we lose sight of God’s grace, both to ourselves and to others. This occurs when we become so […]

Good News For The Poor: “Live Like It’s the Last Day”

“Fool” is a biblical term and category. It is the title given to the person who behaves as if there were no God or like God cannot see or like […]

Praxis: “Make Love, Not War”

Nonviolence is more than not taking up arms in times of conflict. Like all these praxes, nonviolence is a way of life determined by the cross. Jesus himself does not […]

Envy: God Made Me Wrong

Envy isn’t about not having enough stuff. Rather, it is the sense that I am not enough. Seeing things in others that I wish for myself. But, I need to […]

Keep Being An Old Softy

Marriage represents our most intimate relationships: relationships with God and with each other. So, our attitudes towards marriage mirror these other relationships. The attitud...

Happily Ever After

When things end well it isn’t because we’ve earned with our devotion, anymore than we earned hardship by our wickedness. Blessing is a gift of God which he desires to […]

It’s a Hard-Knock Life

Life isn’t fair. Everyone goes through hard times and difficulties–that includes Christians. So, how are Christians supposed to respond when times are tough?

Check Your Ego at the Door

Imagine what it would be like to get good at the way of life Jesus has been describing in his sermon! Man, we would be so holy, it would be […]

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